"Another promising intervention is the AI-based early-warning system deployed at Madukkarai in Tamil Nadu, which uses a network of 12 tower-mounted cameras equipped with thermal and motion-sensing technology. The system detects elephant movement within 100 metres of railway tracks and automatically alerts forest and railway officials, enabling trains to slow down and allowing elephants to cross safely."
"Another technology called the "Distributed Acoustic System (DAS)-based Intrusion Detection System (IDS)" is already in place across 64.03 km of elephant corridors and 141 km of railway block sections in Assam. India's East Coast Railway will adopt that system soon."
India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change conducted a national workshop on reducing elephant mortalities on railway tracks. An AI-based early-warning system deployed in Tamil Nadu uses 12 tower-mounted cameras with thermal and motion-sensing technology to detect elephants within 100 meters of tracks and alerts officials to slow trains. A Distributed Acoustic System-based Intrusion Detection System operates across 64.03 km of elephant corridors and 141 km of railway sections in Assam, with East Coast Railway planning adoption. Field surveys identified hundreds of locations where physical infrastructure like bridges, underpasses, and fences can provide protection without requiring technology.
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